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After shootings, states rethink mental health cuts
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Dozens of states have slashed spending on mental health care over the last four years, driven by the recession's toll on revenue and, in some cases, a new zeal to shrink government. But that trend may be heading for a U-...
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics, Health and Safety at Work, Kathleen Sebelius
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Jindal: Liking people is key to expanding GOP tent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says the Republican Party needs to go back to basics to attract the broad coalition of voters credited with putting President Barack Obama back in the White House. Kindergarten basics. "If we want...
Tags: John McCain, Politics, Washington, DC, CNN (tv network), White House
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Pence travels for governor training, networking
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Incoming Gov. Mike Pence is heading west this week to get his bearings as he shifts from the legislative branch to the executive. Pence's transition team announced Tuesday he would travel to a meeting of the Republican Governors...
Tags: Politics, Regional Authority, Government, Executive Branch
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$1m donation to Pence campaign brings scrutiny
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The largest single donation to an Indiana gubernatorial candidate in nearly a decade is raising questions about a loophole between federal and state election laws that critics say makes it impossible to know who supplied the...Tags: Science and Technology, Companies and Corporations, Politics, Charity, Economy, Business and Finance
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Virginia governor's race to test Tea Party Republicans' allure
ReutersRICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - The most nail-biting U.S. governor's race this year is centering on whether a Tea Party Republican can win Virginia, the southern state that has twice backed Democratic President Barack Obama. So far, the answer is: maybe....Tags: Abortion Issue, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics, Rick Santorum, Social Movements
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GOP moves to plug technology gap with Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — Embarrassed by how the last presidential election exposed their yesteryear technology, Republicans are turning to a younger generation of tech-savvy social media experts and software designers to improve communications with voters,...
Tags: eHarmony, Politics, Reince Priebus, Washington, DC, 2012 U.S. Presidential Election
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GOP governors take a pragmatic turn
WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Republican governors who worked to thwart much of President Barack Obama's first-term agenda are shifting gears and softening their rhetoric now that his run was extended for four more years and they're facing their own re-...
Tags: Rick Scott, Politics, Justice System, Peter Shumlin, Democratic Governors Association
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As DGA run ends, O'Malley likely to stay on national stage
President Barack Obama no longer needs Gov. Martin O'Malley as a top campaign surrogate, and the Democratic Governors Association is set to elect someone else as its chairman on Monday when the group meets in Los Angeles. But neither development is...
Tags: Democratic Party, Lindsey O. Graham, Meet the Press (tv program), ABC (tv network), Kumar P Barve
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Wednesday Morning Coffee: State university faculty frustrated on contract talks.
Capitol Ideas with John L. MicekGood Wednesday Morning, Fellow Seekers. We're running a little late this morning, so we'll just dive right into a quick round- up of the day's political headlines. Think of this of the ADHD version of Capitol Ideas, which already has...... -
El futuro habla espanol (The future speaks Spanish)
WASHINGTON -- The new year has begun with an avalanche of Republican retrospectives: What went wrong? What must the GOP do? In attempting to navigate my own thoughts, I keep bumping into advice my father gave me a long time ago: "Learn Spanish. You will...
Tags: U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives, Politics, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio
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GOP governors walk balance beam on health law
ATLANTA (AP) — Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who made a fortune as a health care executive, long opposed President Barack Obama's remake of the health insurance market. After the Democratic president won re-election, the Republican governor softened...
Tags: Democratic Party, Rick Scott, Hospitals and Clinics, Insurance, Rick Perry
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Reports: Governor McDonnell's security travel costs $160,000
Costs for travel and lodging through October for Gov. Bob McDonnell's State Police security detail totaled slightly more than $105,000. That's according to accounts first reported Monday by the Virginian-Pilot and the Richmond Times-Dispatch from open...
Tags: Bob McDonnell, Politics, Elections, Government, Regional Authority
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